Voice Recorder

Only in your browser's memory until you download it or refresh the page. There is no upload to any server, no localStorage write, no IndexedDB persistence. Closing the tab or navigating away discards the recording. To keep it, press Download.

It depends on your browser. Chromium and Firefox produce WebM with Opus audio (highest quality at small file size). Safari produces an MP4/M4A file with AAC audio because it does not support recording WebM. Both formats play in any modern browser, on any phone, and inside most editing apps.

Browsers gate access to the microphone behind a per-site permission prompt to prevent silent eavesdropping. The first time you press Start the prompt appears - if you click Block by accident the recorder will keep failing until you reset the permission in the browser address bar lock icon.

Not in the current build - press Stop, save the segment, then start again for the next segment. Pause/resume is on the roadmap. To stitch multiple recordings together use the audio trimmer for cropping and a separate audio joiner.

There is no time limit imposed by the tool, but practical limits come from browser memory. Around 60 minutes of mono Opus is roughly 50 MB which most browsers handle comfortably. Beyond 2-3 hours expect slowdowns and possible tab crashes - record in chunks instead.

Not with this tool. Browsers expose only microphone input through getUserMedia(audio). To capture tab audio or system audio use the Chrome screen-share API with audio sharing enabled, or a desktop tool like OBS.

Yes from iOS 14.3+. Older Safari versions blocked MediaRecorder for audio. On iPhone the output will be M4A. Note that iOS will only let you record while the tab is in the foreground - locking the screen or backgrounding the tab stops the recording.

Most likely the wrong microphone is selected as default. Open browser microphone settings (chrome://settings/content/microphone) and pick the right device. Other causes: muted system input, microphone in use by another app (Zoom, Teams), or hardware mute switch on a webcam.